Proverbs 20:6

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Context

v.5Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

v.6This passage

v.7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 7:2

    The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  • Jeremiah 5:1

    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

  • Luke 18:28

    And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:28

    which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

  • Proverbs 27:2

    Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Luke 18:11

    The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.